25 January 2016

"Making art in the park"

Some members of the Islington Art Society sketching group met at the ice rink at Canary Wharf, hoping to be drawing skaters. We found school groups having their first skating experience, and later saw some very good skaters swooshing and twirling in the middle of the ice. And everything in between.

It was warm and quiet in the cafe attached to the rink.

I was attracted to the chairs and tables -

and to the large blue shape outside, which reflected the lights in the cafe -

Without a "nice object" in a display case in front of me, it was hard to get going! The strings of lights provided a bit of warm-up, which segued into an abstraction of that blue shape -

The stools and table in the middle of the room were going to be a blind drawing, starting at the left, but by the time I got to the end of the row I was paying close attention -

My approach to the subject in terms of negative space got hopelessly lost -

And when it came to taking a "group photo" of our work, I chose the brush sketches of drinkers and skaters -

Tuesday is Drawing Day - why not join in, wherever you are, any or every Tuesday? Find somewhere that has interesting things - it needn't be a museum, it could be your own home! - and just draw, using whatever media you want. Ask some friends to join you, then have a nice lunch.

The London group has grown to the point where it's getting difficult to find a cafe table large enough, and reluctantly I must say that it is no longer open to new members.

7 May - V&A, medieval galleries

14 May - Horniman (gardens?)

21 May - Wallace Collection

28 May - Southwark Cathedral

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I had work in "A Letter in Mind" at the Oxo Gallery, September 2017 and again in 2018.